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2002 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of Texas at Austin
McCombs School of Business— Professional Full-time MBA Program

Sections: Getting In | Academics & Lifestyle |  Career & Alumni Affairs  | Graduate Comments


Address: MBA Program Office, McCombs School of Business
University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, B6004
Austin , TX 78712
E-Mail: McCombsMBA@bus.utexas.edu
Web site: http://texasmba.bus.utexas.edu


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   84%

Graduates who:
received their first job offer by graduation 64%
received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 10%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 3%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 1%
were starting a new business (4) 1%
postponed their job search 5%
did not seek employment for other reasons 6%
 
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year n/a

(1) Seeking full-time professional employment.
(2) Includes graduates whose studies were financially sponsored by their employers and are returning to those employers, or who were employed while a student and will continue working for that employer.
(3) Enrolled/will enroll in further graduate studies.
(4) Starting a new business as owner. Does not include students accepting jobs with a salary in a new (startup) business.

Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past 12 months and the number of students hired:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Dell 15
2. The Williams Company 10
3. Citibank 7
4. SABRE 6
5. Eli Lilly 6
6. Johnson & Johnson 5
7. General Mills 5
8. Frito Lay 5
9. Reliant Energy 5
10. Barclay's Capital 5
11. JP Morgan 4
12. Duke 4
13. Calpine 4
14. American Airlines 4
15. Microsoft 3


Prospects for 2002 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002

$79,175
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002

$80,000
Average first-year signing bonus

$8,006
Median first-year signing bonus

$5,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

76%

(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.



2002 GRADUATES REPORT

Editor's Note: Based on responses to BusinessWeek's 2002 survey of graduates.

Median starting base-salary

$80,000
Median signing bonus

$15,000
Median other compensation

$18,500
Median MBA loans

$30,000
Average number of job offers at graduation

1.0
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program

$40,250
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment

30%


CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following fields:
Banking/Mortgage (Investment banking, etc.) 18%
Consulting Services (management consulting, strategic planning, product management, etc.) 9%
Finance/Economics 28%
Information Technology 7%
Manufacturing/Operations and Production 5%
Marketing 19%
Other 14%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 6%
Central/South America, Mexico 4%
Eastern Europe n/a
Middle East n/a
North America
 (Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a  )
89%
Oceania n/a
Western Europe 1%

Within North America:
Canada n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 7%
Midwest U.S. 12%
Northeast U.S. 8%
South U.S. 4%
Southwest U.S. 60%
U.S. Possessions and territories n/a
West U.S. 9%


MBA INTERNSHIPS

Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a

Top 15 recruiting firms:
FirmInterns Hired
1. Dell 13
2. Motorola 10
3. IBM 9
4. Citibank 8
5. Merrill Lynch 6
6. Delloitte Consulting 5
7. JP Morgan 5
8. The Williams Company 5
9. National Instruments 4
10. Intel 4
11. Frito Lay 4
12. El Paso Energy 4
13. Dynegy 4
14. AIM 3
15. Campbell 3


Internship compensation:
Paid internships 91%
Average internship compensation $15,201
Median internship compensation $15,000


B-SCHOOL SERVICES

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination Month offered Paid for by B-School
New York - Wall Street

Dec. No
San Francisco

Jan. No


TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: Yes

School's investment in technology over the past three years: $5,070,000

Technology changes made over the past three years:
The McCombs School of Business has increased networking capabilities, upgraded servers, increased IT security, and expanded the wireless network for the members of the McCombs Community. In addition, McCombs has added nine private study rooms equipped with T1 lines, plus a new MBA Leadership Center with Internet connections, a high-tech conference room, and a flat screen television. The Millennium Lab provides a 160-seat, state-of-the art computer lab for students and is supported by a 100MB switched ethernet.


ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes

Alumni networking Web site:
http://texasmba.bus.utexas.edu/gbn

Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 13,740 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 13,349 living MBA alumni, and 22 MBA club(s) in 8 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past 12 months, 9% of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $125, and a mean gift of U.S. $1,267. As of Jan. 2000 the B-school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million, and the B-school's total endowment is U.S. $136,471,452

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Joelle Weichmann


 
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